We’ll all be familiar with Tic-Tac-Toe, or Noughts and Crosses, a childhood pencil-and-paper diversion which has formed the basis of many a coding exercise. It’s an easy enough task to implement in software, but how many of us have seen it done in hardware alone? That’s just what [Warren Toomey] has done using TTL chips,
Read MoreFor just over a month, Twitch has been trying to track down a group of anonymous trolls who spammed the platform with violent footage of the Christchurch shooting in the wake of the attack. That hunt kicked off in earnest when Twitch filed suit against the trolls earlier in June, but new filings show the
Read MoreThere’s a lot of the “JBL-ness” coming through the Stage A130, and that’s a good start. JBL’s pint-size Stage A130 speakers make a big impression – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWall Street Journal: Trump says he will allow sales of US equipment to Huawei, where there are no national security issues, for now; US will not impose new tariffs on China — U.S. agrees to halt additional tariffs on Chinese goods for now — OSAKA, Japan—President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed … Trump
Read MoreThe Purpleheart — the perfect headphone for Prince fans? The Massdrop X Fostex TR-X00 headphone scores big on luxury looks, feel and sound – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePhoto editing is starting to incorporate artificial intelligence to help speed the process along. One of the first to embrace 21st century touchups is Luminar — and right now, you can get the complete award-winning Luminar 3 Software Bundle at almost half off, just $49 now from TNW Deals. Luminar 3 brings AI to photo
Read MoreDespite some new improvements to user privacy, Google’s popular Chrome browser has recently been lambasted in some quarters as problematical when it comes to privacy issues. These same articles suggest that if you’re concerned about the security of your data, you should try an alternative browser, such as Firefox, Safari, or Brave. Of course, anyone
Read MoreRedesign all the things! Top 13 products I want Jony Ive to redesign (including my coffee) – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreEarly adopters, beware. There are still issues to work out. Galaxy S10 5G, OnePlus 7 Pro LG V50 ThinQ 5G: Why you shouldn't rush to buy a 5G phone – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreCory Doctorow / New York Times: Imagining the future where regulations of social media platforms didn’t end harassment, extremism, or disinformation, and only made the platforms stronger — The way we regulated social media platforms didn’t end harassment, extremism or disinformation. It only gave them more power and made the problem worse. Imagining the future
Read MoreHumans are fascinated by visual illusions, which occur when there is a mismatch between the pattern of light that falls on the retina, and what we perceive. Before books, films, and the internet allowed illusions to be shared widely, people were captivated by illusions in nature. Indeed, it is here that the long history of
Read MoreSo many things to collect. So little free space to hold them all. Harry Potter: Wizards Unite is great until you start paying – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe actor opens up about the new season of his TBS comedy and the torture of getting a hand job while singing karaoke. Daily Show alum Jason Jones on The Detour, Japanese game shows and Iran – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreHere are our top stories for the week ending June 29, 2019. 2020 Hyundai Palisade, Widebody Chargers and more: Roadshow's week in review – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreWelcome to CHEAP, our series about things that are good, but most of all, cheap. CHEAP! Damn, now this is a deal. Yep, you can currently get $100 off an unlocked Samsung Galaxy S10e, S10, or S10+. Or, if you’re happy to sign up to a mobile network with your purchase, you can get up to $200
Read MoreIt’s about $6,000 more than a base V60 wagon. 2020 Volvo V60 Cross Country lands with ,095 starting price – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreDoom holds a special place as one of the biggest games of the 1990s, as well as being one of the foundational blocks of the FPS genre. Long before 3D accelerators hit the market, iD Software’s hit was being played on computers worldwide, and later spread to all manner of other platforms. [David Ruiz] decided
Read MoreWhich side hustle grabs your interest? We’ve got four you might want to think about — and you can get trained in any of them for hundreds of dollars off right now with these TNW Deals. Kickstart a thriving side hustle with these bundles Source: The Next Web
Read MoreAfter a month-long ban, US president Donald Trump said today that he’ll allow companies to sell equipment to Huawei. He met the Chinese president Xi Jinping at the G20 summit being held in Osaka, Japan. Trump said at a press conference that he’s only allowing equipment trade in areas where there’s no security risk to the
Read MoreStephanie Clifford / Wired: A behind-the-scenes account of how police and federal authorities helped teen girls in Belmont, NH bring down a cyberstalker who had harassed them for years — FOR YEARS, BELMONT, New Hampshire, had only one detective: Raechel Moulton. An old mill town of 7,200 people … A behind-the-scenes account of how police
Read MoreHow will climate change remake our world in the 21st century? Will we be able to adapt and survive? As with many things, the past is a good guide for the future. Humans have experienced climate changes in the past that have transformed their environment – studying their response could tell us something about our
Read MoreParallel processing is an idea that will be familiar to most readers. Few of you will not be reading this on a device with only one processor core, and quite a few of you will have experimented with clusters of Raspberry Pi or similar SBCs. Instead of one processor doing tasks sequentially, the idea goes,
Read MoreNathan Heller / New Yorker: GoFundMe is an increasingly popular way to raise money to cover medical expenses, where storytelling and personal connections often play a crucial role — When patients turn to crowdfunding for medical costs, whoever has the most heartrending story wins. — For those who want their hearts broken … GoFundMe is
Read MoreHumans like things that look like other things. A great example are faux LED tea light candles, with a plastic “flame” and flickering orange LED to recreate the effect of their waxy brethren. [gzumwalt] wanted to take the concept a little further, however, and got down to work. The design harvests the orange LED and
Read MoreSatoshi Sugiyama / Japan Times: At G20, Japanese PM Shinzo Abe announces “Osaka Track” to promote cross-border data flow as 24 countries, including the US and China, sign statement of support — OSAKA – Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday at the G20 summit formally declared the launch of the “Osaka Track,” … At G20,
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